Science.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 374, 9 July 1903, Page 2

Science.

\ HARNESSING jjl gffIgSBBBN the Maßeloy M&iW| I J*! ■n||Ntagar& one of JsjlsJ. |B|s|foj|j j MPKBf s *^ B E a * eß Ba 'd : —' lipire nwgro&a| \ tint magnificent naturallrater power wo would have harnessed it long ago.' The' remark waß addressed to an American gentleman who had been giving the opinion that if it had not been for the characteristic smartness of the American the vaat power of the Niagara River would still be going to waste, and Niagara only famous as heretofore for its Telegraph* s' special correspondent) i'aV we' rushing, ff rambling sea atwveche * WiT 'tnougn fc *or*tne s illimitable volume of water that poured over its brink every year, every day, every increasing force, a force so great aa to wear away two feet of solid rock a year, we could hot help thinking that man'hud n >t shown hie usual aptness in adap'in/ this tremendous energy to his uses S ill, that very morning we had seen, to.<w,liat wonderful use the great stream 'of Niagara had already been applied, and tho result of our seeing is the conviction that its utilisation'has: as yet only begun, and that the next few vears. will witness a vast and rapid development. Already the works completed and in progress invoiva t''ie expenditure of some £5,000,000, and the factories built.-to. utilise thatpowr have cost as many millions more, and yet all that is the growth of but six years. It is not going too far to anticipate 'that at Niagara itself-and along t*e Niagara' frontier, will surely be built up the greatest manufacturing centre in the world. It stands at a point where the boundaries of the, two : greatest manufacturing Empires are coterminous It is Burr utfded by a limitless' expanse of territory of unconceived fertility, and of unbounded natural resources. It is] situated; on a chain of waterways stretching across'half a continent, rich and comparatively untapped, from New York City to the head of Lake Superior. There" meet in it the greatest - trunk: line railroads.' on the American^. Continent,. connecting it with the great markets, on toe eastern and iWOßtcra seaboaida "of the country, and rendering it easyof uccoss to all kind 4 01. raw material. Capital, after long, weary waiting, ,bas.> come-..to* recognise . these significant facts, and already the electric energy extracted from Niagara's ; .ni'ghty waters'is running industrial enterprißOß 20 and 30 miles away, and will Roon awaken throbbing—activity over half a •contifieat* /. of hotels and bqardinghauees, the resort of those drawn'by the appalling grandeur of ita physical scenery, with a population of five thousand people a few years ago, is now a bustling, active town of ten times that number, its light, traction, and convenience of every sort being drawn from its river./,.,..,,. , ; . , ■f^--' T - i

HOW %0 CABE, FOB PAtfcBOTS. I The twell- krio wii {gray parrot? Js a Jaoßfc satisfactory and popular pet.' The male add the female-look- exactly alike, and both will .talk. female talks less. learnings fewer worda arid phrases, but she pronounces with great distinctness. They are capital nnraicß:,; and catch dif-' farent ton- b of voice. with njge,tft Ba 3 s 'Our Animal, "'*iri''rae very young gray parrot the his is black; in the older birds it is yellow. /The iris of the,young bird's eyeschange gradually; the eyes are dark for about seven months As the gray parrot is long-lived and slowly reaches maturity, the young ones must bo fed and watched with special ~s&iir ""Thsrottly^ay m-vster-tor*. very • •young is,to. boil. the>op^fW 1 " 5 * 1 i s fed.it and.oiiftke it into a pulp, putting it info "*the* bird's beak/ or* letting ft feed; : .fxom tna owner's.ntigeia,.asit from the beaks of the parent birds. The feed-.; ing of young parrots must be done fre quently or they will die of starvation ! The gray parrot is fed prasticajly like the fresh? rait, ara Almonds aire not good for parrots'; * the bitter almonds make them ill, .Parsley is a deadly pohion; "*" ; ' " " ; PE?AOTiqAii. : aiNIS. Hot water has also its valuable Bide as a means for relieving-'pain and promoting the cure of many ailments. For instance, when a person has Buffered a sovere'sprain nothing oan relieve the .pain and tend to relax the injured structures better than, plunging the parts iuto water as 'hot as the patient can bear it, renewing the water as it tends to get cooled. Hot fomentations have long been known as excellent things, and fl innel wrung out of hot water sprinkled with turpentine, covered with a dry towol, and laid on, say, thfe • chest;, oft; .a person suffering from great relief, The the hmt is to favour the relaxation of- pavtb, and to wreathe warmthin all cases of 'shock'.'" When a person has been injured he feels cold, because his temperature has gone down. jThe treatment here is tb keep"him" yarm, and to give him a hot drink., This practice is on all fours with the action of hot water in ;; relieving .the<paih' incidental to a sprain. . Water Used, Internally , --■ But 'the Value*'"of w&t6r ; medicinal agent does not end with -its; application externally..-; Water used internally is an excellent remedy in iriany cases of ordinary : aihuemts/; To begin, with,-iff a tuuitwp.,of,cpld swAllpwed on rising in the morning- firafc'thihg^the cure of constipation may*be*"often accomplished,, by. this simple treatment. The cold water promotes the movement of stomach and intestines, and thus corrects the constipation.. Thissimple plan is well worth a trial by those who have neglected jtin favour.,of. remedips, .ppßtingi jmoney,j arid not half so-entcacious.'Then''comes ; an admirablFuse of hot- water; ber that while, tepid orator may make you .sick, b.cms* it tastes so nauseous, really hot water is pleasant to sip. When,, therefore/! eayj' hot I mean the water tfthe at filing;^ojnt; it will Boon be coolenough to*bVfcippea, while-when a little cooler still it may be •a couple of tumberfuls of'hot water taken on going to' bed Willi generally cure in- ■ .digestion. , Some people add a little sliced lemon jnibe, water, tut that is matter of taste- &ple|r If indigestion is painful and frequent drink one or two i tumblerfulß'of■ hot wateri'betWeen your; meals, say, twtf..and a half hours after ' dinner. What the .hot; ivater,? does is to j douch the stomach, atid if taken in the' morning I believe it gets rid - «r" a lot of : the mucous secretion ■''•"•of the stomach,, which, in-oases >of-indigestion; is apt to prove troublesome. Again,, water, hot or cold as may *' be needed,, freely taken, flushes 1 the kidneys aa well as the stomach, and this last is a very desirable thing in cases both of rheumatism and gout. These bints should be borne in mind, because they all deal with simple practices easily carried out, and as easily tested as to their, em ;iency and value by. those who practice them'.'- '• > '-' "' *'- *■ *■ '■■* ■• ; -'-'i I Jgbjj '• ' f '-}' I ' , '"'""- It takes eighty men to make a German doll. Each man makes a small portion of the doll, buPit is the same'bit all the time, arid one''thousand dozen dolls can be made a day in some of the' hag factories. ■■ '